/*
 * Created on 07-Nov-2004
 * Created by Paul Gardner
 * Copyright (C) Azureus Software, Inc, All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 *
 */

package org.gudy.azureus2.core3.torrent;

/**
 * @author parg
 * 
 */

public interface TOTorrentCreator {
    /**
     * A 'layout descriptor' is a file that explicitly details the construction of the torrent from a collection of files, rather than relying on a
     * natural file system structure. The file is bencoded and consists of a Map with a List<Map> called 'file_map'. The sub-maps have two entries:
     * <logical_path>, <target> <logical_path> is a list of Strings that correspond to a virtual folder structure and the logical file name <target>
     * is the absolute path of the physical file or dir
     * 
     * @param b
     */

    public void setFileIsLayoutDescriptor(boolean b);

    public TOTorrent create()

    throws TOTorrentException;

    public long getTorrentDataSizeFromFileOrDir()

    throws TOTorrentException;

    public void cancel();

    public void addListener(TOTorrentProgressListener listener);

    public void removeListener(TOTorrentProgressListener listener);
}
